Best Mystery Movies to Watch on Youtube
Feeling investigative? If you’re not sure which movie to go for, allow us to clue you in. From detective stories and whodunnits to suspenseful dramas, here are the best mystery-themed movies and shows to stream now.
A fresh addition to the toxic masculinity cinema canon that spotlights Jesse Eisenberg like never before.
A psychic finds justice for her twin in this fascinating, elegant supernatural investigation.
Yet another tortured-soul-thriller-banger by one of American indie cinema's best.
A revelatory coming-of-age movie that toes a delicate balance between brooding and beautiful.
A taut and gripping thriller that imagines a world where AI has gone rogue.
A well-crafted bone-breaking body horror inspired by the titular Mexican folk legend.
A sci-fi tale of a volatile marriage featuring two of the best working actors today.
Lean and effective, this remake of the 1994 thriller of the same name is watchable from start to end (as long as you don’t compare it to the original).
Surprising till the very end, The Outfit is a well-made and satisfying mob mystery.
Sometimes you can just tell a movie means way too much to the people who made it. That makes me want to watch it more than once, which is what I wanted to do with The Tale. But while I think it’s such an amazing movie and everyone should watch it, I don’t think I […]
It’s not the most original mystery out there, nor the most rousing feminist piece, but Wicked Little Letters’ robust performances make it well worth watching.
A disillusioned screenwriter gets accused of murder in this devastating noir classic.
This crazy heist movie is told in a very original way. Because it’s based on a true story, the movie (with actors and a story) is sometimes interrupted by the people it’s about. The opening scene even reads: “this movie is not based on a true story, it is a true story”. Two friends decide […]
A stunning, eye-opening portrait of the systemic tragedy that haunts the marginalized of Manila.
A deceptively simple and suave spy thriller elevated by an efficient script and strong performances.
Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is the biography of a once Nebraskan police officer who volunteers for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in post-war Bosnia. Once there, she uncovers a human trafficking scandal involving peacekeeping officials, and finds herself alone against a hostile system in a devastated country. Rachel Weisz plays the whistleblower in a powerful lead role, but […]
A Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The pirates demand millions of dollars in ransom and from there on, a psychological drama between the pirates and the ship owner develops, as they negotiate the price for the ship and its crew. A really great thing about this film is […]
A very intelligent and nuanced movie that relentlessly asks unpleasant questions. It’s a story about a woman seeking freedom by turning away from her own family and finding something she did not expect. The main character of the movie, Martha, is taken in by a cult and the movie depicts how this experience shapes and […]
A grizzly portrait of the cruel brutality of apartheid in 70s South Africa.
Francois Cluzet, who you may remember from The Intouchable, plays a man whose wife is killed and is accused of murdering her. To make matters even more confusing, signs that his wife is actually still alive surface. This well thought out thriller is at all times the furthest thing from boring and has, among other […]
Dario Argento returns to giallo horror in this ax murder mystery masterpiece.
